X-men: The Animated Series reXamined
UK-based standup comedian Javier Jarquin is a deep-dive Marvel guy. He has created multiple live shows based on the MCU, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of plots, characters, and trivia.
NZ- based comedian and playwright Dan Bain remembers that this show was cool when he was a kid, and once saw an Iron Man movie on an international flight. Join them both as they rewatch and rediscover one of the greatest animated shows of the 1990s.
Episodes
15 episodes
Season One Wrap Up
Season one is done and Dan and Jav reflect on it as a whole and realise that the greatest episodes were the friends we made on the way.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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35:13
The Final Decision
In the final episode of Season One of the Animated Series the X-men finally face off against the sentinels once and for all, Jav remembers saliva based childhood games, and Dan somehow makes it about 9/11.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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44:33
Days of Future Past: Part 2
The assassination plot wraps up and Bishop ends up back in the future. HR has questions for Gambit. Warning: This episode contains the phrase 'c*m gutters'. Sorry.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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41:16
Days of Future Past: Part 1
Bishop travels back to the 90's to stop an assassin and Dan travels back to when he worked as a circus clown. Future X-men get trapped by sentinels and Jav gets trapped in an elaborate discussion about latex suffocation fetish.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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40:46
Come the Apocalypse
The four horsemen ride forth! Mystique is a sneaky, and Jav and Dan are both left blushing and speechless as Rogue rolls around on the ground with some moves that would get a round of applause at a pole dance competition.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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39:51
The Cure
Rogue travels to Muir Island looking for a cure for her powers, a LOT of other characters turn up, Javier wants to talk about first kisses, and Dan gets frustrated on behalf of the writers when they add a stupid kidnapping sequence.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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40:50
The Unstoppable Juggernaut
The series has a bit of a stumble this episode, with the combined introduction of Juggernaut and Colossus being too much for it to carry. Dan is excited by Henry Thoreau references and Javier explains how Wolverine's claws work.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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41:31
Slave Island
As Gambit, Jubilee, and Storm attempt to escape from Genosha, Dan and Javier say the phrase "shitting out a killer robot" more times than should be possible.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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37:18
Cold Vengeance
Compare and contrast time between Winter Wolverine and Tropical getaway Gambit.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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42:21
Captive Hearts
Underground adventures with the Morlocks and big questions around why does everyone want a piece of Cyclops? Plus troglodyte underclasses, don't eat the bread, and Jean Gray/Magneto?
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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40:40
Deadly Reunions
Magneto and Professor X meet back up. Sabretooth and Wolverine keep fussing at each other. Dan has a lot of questions about Cyclops's optic blast and Jav is super excited to talk about it.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:51
Enter Magneto
Does what it says on the tin, dunnit? Magneto enters the chat.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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33:04